Data is central to our mission at HomeAway. Everything here is about data whether it is describing a vacation rental, managing a booking calendar, identifying traveler trends, or what feature converts better - data moves this company. The NoSQL Infrastructure Operations team manages a distributed worldwide infrastructure running Cassandra, Elastic Search, MongoDB, Redis and Graph databases. It is comprised of over a thousand node with a footprint in excess of 300TB. This is a great opportunity to join a growing team and make a difference in developing usable, scalable and reliable database solutions.

As a Staff NoSQL Engineer at HomeAway - we lean on you to keep these systems tuned and running at the speed our customers and applications demand. You’ll monitor production databases and leap into action to resolve issues relating to errors and performance. This includes designing and implementing performance metrics to assess service delivery and key performance indicators of our most critical databases. You’re a guide at researching performance bottlenecks and identifying hot spots of activity. You like to minimize surprises by working with test engineers to load test databases, web sites, and services. You can configure alerts and monitoring services that help ensure SLAs of procedure execution.

What you’ll do:

• Specific deliverables can include:
  • Manage and maintain thousands of production customer databases and Elasticsearch nodes and indexes associated with search capabilities
  • Automate and innovate new ways to manage large database clusters and improve existing Elasticsearch performance for our multitude of existing customer bases.
  • Push the limits of Elasticsearch, and other relational and NoSQL database technologies
  • Work with cutting edge technology in the cloud computing space, such as AWS or GCP/Azure
  • Provide Fanatical Support to all of our customers (portfolio or product based) through innovative solutions
  • Create sustainable and maintainable environments for our NoSQL and Elasticsearch arenas
  • Install, configure, update and solve problems for very large database and search environments and applications
  • Collaborate with Engineers, DBA’s, and System Administrators on technical issues
  • Be part of the community. Attend conferences, meetups then move towards contribution via wiki articles, then blogging, etc.

Who you are:

• Required skills and experience:
  • 2+ years experience with Elasticsearch
  • 5+ years of Linux/Unix
  • 1+ years of Oracle, Postgres, or MySQL
  • 2+ years of other NoSQL technology such as Cassandra, Mongo, etc
  • 2+ years running highly available, scalable production systems in a fast-paced production environment
  • Experience in Large data scale environment, for example, 100+ nodes and Terabytes level per index
  • Experience building and developing in both a cloud environment as well as on the direct host level (non-cloud level).
  • Proficiency with Python, shell or other languages
  • Understanding of data architecture, replication, and administration
  • Extensive knowledge of Linux/Unix
  • Fast learner, creative thinker, problem solver
  • Standout colleague, highly motivated and self-manageable
  • Responsible, dedicated and responsive in non-working hours as needed
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Comfortable with collaborative tools such as slack, wikis and basic ticket tracking systems (JIRA)
  • Action and detail oriented. Highly motivated to drive projects to completion
• Desired skills and experience:
  • Shell, Ruby, C, Java development or driver experience
  • Knowledge of data ecosystem pipelines such as Hive, Pig, Spark, Kafka
  • Some knowledge of load balancers, DNS, networking, and/or client side drivers.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits.
• Competitive salary.
• Annual target bonus or commission.
• Parental leave for up to 20 weeks (dependent on eligibility).
• Paid vacation and sick time.
• Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit).
• Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Free snacks and beverages.
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team.
• Free listing on HomeAway.com.
• Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk.
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass.
• Casual dress.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people's lives better – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them to tools to do so. 

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, HomeAway®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, lastminute.com.au®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Classic Vacations®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, SilverRail Technologies, Inc., ALICE and Traveldoo®.

About HomeAway:

HomeAway, a world leader in the vacation rental industry, is the place to book beach houses, cabins, and condos with more than two million places to stay in 190 countries. The site makes it easy to find and book the perfect vacation rental for any getaway, often for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. HomeAway is part of the Expedia Group family of brands.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.